Ouyang Changhao frowned when he heard this, and thought to himself that these are obviously two almost identical paintings. Why did his grandfather just take a look at it and say that we won?
The two paintings are indeed more than 90% similar. The composition is exactly the same, the scenery is roughly the same, and there is no difference in style. They are both landscape paintings of deep mountains with a slight feeling of mist.
There are ancient temples hidden deep in the mountains, even in the mountains.
However, judging from the brushwork and form, the Japanese boy seems to be better, because this boy writes decisively without hesitation, so he looks more capable.
But Xia and Shang's paintings are not bad, just a little inferior.
If we judge based on the content in front of us, we must be more critical than to find faults. It should be regarded as the victory of the Japanese side.
However, after everyone took a closer look, they discovered the biggest difference between the two paintings.
The performance of the two people in the deep mountains is the same, except that the performance in the ancient temple is different.
The reason why it is different lies in the word "hidden"!
In Japanese paintings, the ancient temple is hidden in the upper right corner of the scroll. Only a small corner is exposed. It is blocked by a few horizontal branches and is half hidden. It is not easy to find it if you don't look for it carefully.
It is appropriate to reflect the theme of "ancient temples hidden deep in the mountains".
However, in Xia and Shang's paintings, there is no trace of the ancient temple in the whole painting, except for an extremely inconspicuous little monk on the mountain path.
The little monk is painted in a subtle and slightly tilted figure, carrying water up the mountain. The few scars on his bald head clearly illustrate his identity.
Although there is no ancient temple in the mountain, there is a monk carrying water, which proves that the ancient temple is hidden in the mountain.
In the ancient Tibetan temple deep in the mountains, the word "Tibet" was used to its fullest extent by Xia and Shang Dynasties!
Comparing before and after, even though Xia and Shang were slightly deficient in technique, when it comes to the beauty of paintings, the gap between the Japanese children and Xia and Shang can be said to be thousands of miles away.
Everyone looked at it with different expressions. The expressions of everyone in Dahua were very exciting. The previous disdain for Xia Shang disappeared and turned into incomparable admiration.
This small change is not something that ordinary people can think of. This finishing touch can be said to elevate the entire work to several levels.
The Japanese people all had gloomy expressions, and they probably knew the result.
The Japanese prince didn't say anything, but the Japanese boy shed tears and even tore up his own painting in anger.
, unwilling but helpless to say: "I lost."
After saying that, he turned around and left without looking back.
Xia Shang smiled and looked at the Japanese prince: "Your Highness, this second round is over. I will take my leave now."
After saying that, he put down the pen, left the painting, and left without looking back.
Xia Shang returned to Changting, where news from the front had already come.
This time, everyone can imagine how wonderful the scene is without looking at the painting.
No matter how well the Japanese painted, Xia and Shang were already in an invincible position just by reviewing the title.
"Brother Xia, I really have you? How did you come up with such a countermeasure? How did you conclude that you can rely on the difference in the last few strokes to determine the victory? What if he doesn't paint the ancient temple or the monk?" When Yang Shang met, everyone was most concerned about it.
The problem.
Because I heard that Xia and Shang imitated each other's paintings from the beginning, and did not notice the differences until the end. This behavior was really too risky.
Xia Shang replied with a smile: "My opponent didn't write at first, but kept sketching the composition on the paper. I could tell from his actions that the question he was thinking about in the early stage was where to hide the ancient temple to look better. Since he
With the thought of putting the ancient temple on paper, he would definitely lose this game. Therefore, to be on the safe side, I imitated his painting and only differed in the most critical word "hidden". In this way, no matter
Whatever he draws, I can win because of the difference in the ancient temple."
"Excellent! Excellent!"
Everyone was delighted when they heard this, and even Chang Xin couldn't help but admire him and patted Xia Shang on the shoulder.
"Brother Mo Bai, why are you standing aside? This time, Brother Xia won another game for us Chinese scholars, and you have made great contributions. If you hadn't strongly recommended Brother Xia to fight, we might have missed this big win.
A chance to shine!”
Mo Bai stood outside the crowd with a bad look on his face. When he heard someone calling him, his face suddenly became happy. When he got into the crowd, he also congratulated Xia Shang.
The joyful atmosphere did not last long. Suddenly, a group of fully armed Imperial Guards hurried in from the main building. Each of them had solemn faces and stern expressions. They quickly took up positions in every corner of the artificial lake.
These unexpected arrivals of the Imperial Guard made people a little confused and nervous.
Someone next to Xia Shang asked: "What on earth is going on?"
Only
There was no one around to answer.
But after a while, an unknown general came to report: "The Holy Spirit has ordered us to come here to maintain the order of the Wenhui."
"Maintain the order of the cultural gathering?"
This answer is a little confusing.
Chang Xin said: "Could it be that the imperial court knows that we in Dahua have been treated unfairly in the cultural society and is here to give us prestige?"
Everyone nodded, feeling that this explanation was more reasonable.
But Xia Shang didn't think so. At this time, a group of forbidden troops suddenly appeared, which seemed a bit unexpected.
Thinking back to the news about Chunjiao I received before arriving, I wondered if the thieves were taking action?
Looking to the south, Fu Yu, who had returned from his trip, was negotiating with the Japanese prince. It didn't look like there was any dispute.
Xia Shang didn't think much about it. After all, he was no longer the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. If something were to happen, he could only protect himself first.
The small interlude will soon pass and the article will continue.
It’s time for the third question.
This time, I jumped directly to the highlight of today's literary meeting.
Chess game.
"The Japanese people must have lost their patience because they have to compete directly with his special skills."
Representatives from both sides will be assigned positions one to five in order, and will be conducted in a round-robin format. Each side will arrange a representative to fight, and the winning side can continue to play against the next representative of the other side until all five representatives of one side are defeated.
Everyone was quite surprised to hear such a rule.
Because Go usually takes a long time, if it is a five-person wheel battle, the game may drag on for a long time, and today may not be enough.
But there is also a possibility under such rules that one party is too strong, and one person quickly defeats five of the other party.
If there is a situation where one wears five, the losing side will definitely be disgraced, but the difficulty is also quite high.
However, since the opponent proposed such rules of the game, they must have made full preparations. Moreover, judging from the situation in the previous two rounds, the Japanese side must win a more beautiful victory if they want to regain their face.
So they moved the main event of Go ahead of time, and they seemed to have full confidence in it.
Moreover, they will most likely want to wear one or five.